Western cyclone., 1887-01-27

man, SpoOncr, Teller, Vance, Vest,
Wnthall, Whitshorne, Wilson, OF Iowa
10.
Nays.-Messrs. Aldrich, Blair, Brown,
Cameron, Chase. Cheney, Evarts, Ramp-
ton, Hoar, Mitchell, Of Pennsylvania,
Morrill, Payne, Plat. Wiiliams-15.
The senate at II 40 adjourned until
Monday.
! JAN. 15.-In the morning hour the
house proceeded to the consideration of
a joint resolution authorizing an inves
/ tlgation Of the books, accounts and
methods Of the Pacl6e railroads, which
had received aid from the United States.
Mr.. Crisp, Of Georgia, gave notice Of
/ an amendment directing On inquiry as
TO the kind, character and the amount
! OF the assets Of such Pacific railroad
/ companies as have received aid from the
| government IN bonds, aud what assets OF
each company are new subject tn The
lien Of the government
! Mr. Anderson, Of Kansas, gave neticc
of an amendment directing an inquiry
as to whether any dividends have been
unlswfully paid on the capital stock of
the Pacific companies, and whether any
new stock has been issued or any guar
antce5 Of pledges made without any au-
thoElty of law; also to inquire into the
! Iacts relating 10 q pretended consolida-
| ton OF the Union Pacific railroad COM
pany, the Kansas Pacific railroad com
| pany and the Denver Pacific railroad
company into an alleged corporation
! known az the Union Pacific railway
company.
The house went INTO the committee Of
| the whole on the river and harbor bill.
JAN. 17.-By a vote Of 113 yeas to
1877 nays the house refused to take mp
the interstate commerce conference re.
port to the exclusion of motions to sus-
pend the rules. Under q call Of the
states the following bills were introduce
ed and referred. By FIndlay, Of Mary
land, (by Tequest), to make gold and
silver coin jointly legal tendpr; to au-
thoTlze the issue of legal tender cerufi-
Gates for half gold and halt silver com,
and to provide fund for redeeming
! treasury notes and that coin reserves Of
national banks shall be held one half in
gold and One-han in silver coin.
BY Lowering, of Massachusetts, grant
ing pension Of $25 a month TO Walt
Whitman. By Hermann, Ct Oregon,
proposing a constitutional amendment
for Inc election of United States sena-
tors by the people OF the states.
Mr. MatsoD, OF Indiana, on behalf OF
tue committee on invalid pensions,
moved to suspend the rules ana pass
the bill tor the relief Of dependent
parents aad honorably discharged sol
diers and sailors who are now disabled
and dependent upon their own labor for
support. The total number of persons
who would be benefited by the second
section was estimated at 33,105 and
the annual cost to the government
would not reach 100000.
The bill was passed. Yeas, 179; nays,
rs.
Mr. Eldridge, of Michigan, on behalf
Of the committee on pensions moved
that the rules be suspended and the
house concur in the senate amendment
to the Mexican pension bill. Agreed
to. Yeas, 243; nays, 5.
The bill now only requires the presi-
| dental approval to become q law.
JAN. l9.-Mr. Crisp, of Georgia, has
given notice he will ask for 3 vote on
! the interstate commerce bill 10 morrow
after the morning hour. Mr.. Worthing-
ton, OF Illinois, from the committee on
public buildings, reported bill for the
com pletlOn of the public building,
ct Nebraska City, Neb. Referred 10 the
conmitte Of the whole.
In the morning hour the house resum-
ed consideration of resolution set
ting apart the 29th of January for the
consideration Of the Blair educational
bill
No action will be taken on the reso-
luton and at the conclusion of the
morning hour the house resumed the
consideration of the interstate com
mercc bill.
Mr. On hwa;te, Of Ohio, offered res
0lution, which was referred to the com
mi tie On Pacific railroads, that the sec
re;sry of the treasury be requested TO
inform the house of representatives the
sums of money which were
owing to the United States
on the first day of January,
/ 1887, from the Pacific railroads that had
| received aid from the government, and
what will be the result TO the treasury
and the effect upon tie debts if house
bill NJ. S,3ls Che funding biiD should
become Iaw and its provisions be com
piled with.
The recount in the WorthIngton
Post contest in the Tenth Illinois Con-
| cressinral D.strict Vas haoun MnAdaE